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Talk at St. George's German Lutheran Church

On Thursday 22 March at 6.30pm at St.George's, Alie Street. A talk by Philip Norman on 'Bach, Beethoven, and the Latin Mass'. Tickets - £5 on the door. Check the website http://www.stgeorgesgermanchurch.org.uk for further details.

South West Regional Meeting

On Saturday 21 April (10.00-16.00) Jenny and Peter Towey are hosting a regional meeting in their home in Weston-super-Mare (for full address see inside cover of 'Blatt). Refreshments, cheese and biscuits provided. Names Index, reference books and bookstall all available. In case we need to hire a venue, please inform Jenny of your intention to attend.

Talk on German Pork Butchers

Karl-Heinz Wuestner will be giving a talk entitled 'Hope, Pork’s Glory and Decline - the Story of German Immigration on Tyneside' on 21 April 2018 at 11.30am at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Entry is free but places are limited so booking is essential (Website). For further details, see: Poster

Aachen FHS magazine

'Involuntary Guests' - a new publication

'Involuntary Guests: Enemy Aliens and Political Detainees on the Isle of Man in World War 2'. The author, Alan Franklin, is a retired Chartered Librarian with over 40 years’ experience of working in libraries. For 23 years he was librarian at the Manx Museum in Douglas and met with and corresponded with numerous former internees and researchers into Internment: this book draws on that knowledge. For further details: 'Link'

WWII Enemy Alien/Refugee Records

Findmypast has recently released 139 000+ records of enemy aliens/refugees from WWII. After selecting 'Search' on the FMP subscription site, go to 'Record set' and start typing 'enemy aliens' - the correct record set will then appear and you can enter your ancestor's name.

2nd Pork Butchers Reunion

The Second Great Pork Butcher Descendants’ Reunion was organised by Karl-Heinz Wüstner in the Hohenlohe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, from 3rd to 7th August 2016. Peter Towey has written a report which may be downloaded as a PDF document: PDF. The reunion was also reported in the local paper: PDF.

Genealogy.net

Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. is the largest genealogical society in Germany. Their website 'Genealogy.net' provides many useful databases and search facilities. Slides describing the main features are available for download as a PDF document: Genealogy.net

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Welcome (Willkommen)

The Anglo-German Family History Society welcomes all those who are interested in researching the genealogy or family history of people from the German-speaking parts of Europe who have emigrated over the centuries and settled in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (North and South), and the neighbouring islands.

We are a self-help group with considerable expertise and resources, and new members are always welcome. Please take the time to look around the site. If you experience any problems, please see our help section.

Did you have an ancestor interned on the Isle of Man in WW1?

We are a registered charity which is developing a Visitors Centre at Knockaloe, Isle of Man together with a Web based Archive of the people who lived there 100 years ago, both to provide a reference for those looking for ancestors, and to tell what is an incredible story for future generations. If your ancestor was interned in the British Isles in WW1, either at Knockaloe or elsewhere, do contact us. We may well be able to help you by searching the various records and archives for you and we would love you to share what you know of your family’s story and copies of any documents and photographs you may have to help us to develop a record of the internees and their families and their experiences before, during, and after internment, which in turn may help others find out about their family’s history. A summary of our project is attached (PDF). Visit the website at: www.knockaloe.im; or Facebook (Link).

Please do contact us at
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if we can help you, or you can help us, in any way. Thank you.

WW1 Internment on the Isle of Man

Do you know or suspect someone from your family was interned on the Isle of Man during the First World War?

To find out visit www.imuseum.im where under People (Advanced Search) you can search the names of over 12,000 First World War Internees as transcribed from the original internment camp registers held in the Manx National Heritage Library and Archives: LINK

Equally fascinating and unique a record is the 3,000 glass plate photographic images of internees and life in the camps, all digitally available on iMuseum. We need help identifying many of the internees, maybe you can help? View the images: LINK

Also coming soon on iMuseum in early 2016 (currently going through the final tweaks) will be the First World War Internment Camp Newspapers written and produced by the internees and made searchable online for the first time both in the original German and an English translation.

Access to Manx National Heritage Library

Please note that due to a number of retirements of key MNH library personnel (Librarian, Archive manager and Conservator), the library service is currently under internal review with potentially significant changes from April 2016. Therefore it is recommended that members of the AGFHS check in advance of any planned visit that the library will actually be open and to note that the ability to answer enquiries may be restricted by staff shortages.

The contact name for any future enquiries will be the archivist:
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Would you like help researching your family in Germany?

Woerteragentur provides research assistance for AGFHS members seeking information about their family in the following areas: Hamburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Research is undertaken by AGFHS member Corinna Meiss, who has many years experience researching her own family history in Germany and England, as well as the rest of the world. Corinna, who is a fluent English speaker, offers advice as well as a fee-based service providing detailed research in the above areas of Germany.

Fee-based research is carried out by Woerteragentur in parish and church records, regional and national archives etc., searches in sources such as original documentation in church registers, wills and probate, registration cards, address books, obituaries in local newspapers, etc. Great care is taken to ensure the accuracy and reliability of all sources. All information obtained is treated with complete confidentiality. The fee-based service includes transcription and translation of sources into English. We are also able to provide reproduction of hustoric records on request. To find out more, contact Corinna at:

Request for Help with Documentary Film

Independent television production company Spun Gold is producing a new history documentary series for Channel 4. One of areas they are looking at is the increase in anti-German sentiments during World War One and are keen to talk to members who are descendants of individuals/families who were targeted and consequently affected by anti-German behaviour during WWI, or anyone who knows about the events and potentially has any archive material relating to them

Casualty Lists of World War I Austria-Hungary 1914-1919

Can You Help?

A century ago, our forefathers lived through the horrors of World War I. Many sons, brothers and fathers were drafted into the military. Millions were wounded, captured or died. These cases were published in the casualty lists of Austria-Hungary, which are also available online.

Unfortunately, there is no index to these lists; a full-text search yields unsatisfactory results due to the poor print quality. Therefore, we have decided to create such an index which cannot be made by one person alone. Will you, please, help us through your assistance to keep these soldiers from being forgotten. All necessary information can be found at the site of GenTeam, details described in the attachment: PDF file

'Beyond the Battlefields' Photograph Exhibition

'Beyond the Battlefields' presents a unique series of images made by photographer Käthe Buchler (1876-1930) in Germany before, during and after World War One, and which are part of the collection of the Museum of Photography in Braunschweig – where Buchler lived and worked.

Hohenlohe Anglo/German Recipe Book

Calling All Hohenlohe Pork Butcher Descendants!

With the help of Karl-Heinz and Hannelore Wüstner, Carol Woodhouse would like to collect recipes from Hohenlohe, as eaten by forefathers, both in Württemberg and when they arrived in Britain. Bringing these recipes together in a book with a note about family, place of origin and migration destination will, through food, paint a picture of the collective lives of pork butcher ancestors. The recipe book is intended as a charitable project with the only costs being those of printing and any profits from sales benefitting the Anglo German Family History Society, or a similar charity. If you can help with recipes, for more details: PDF; and 2 sample recipes: PDF

German Watch and Clockmakers

Do you have one of these in your ancestry? Do you have photos, pictures, watchpapers, advertising material? Would you like your story to appear in my new book?

Please don’t send originals - in case they get lost in the post – but do send me what you have, know, think about your ancestor for inclusion. Let me know if you want material returned (and enclose an sae) and that you give me permission to reproduce what you have in the forthcoming book.